Table 4.6 provides a cumulative measure
of cocaine use frequency in the overall sample and among those who reported
using cocaine at least once in their lifetime. A very small percentage
of the total sample (1.9%) reported using cocaine more than 100 days in
their lifetime. Approximately 19% of lifetime
users reported cocaine use on more than 100 days, whereas over half of
these respondents reported doing so 11 or fewer days in
their lifetime, and over one-quarter reported
using it for only 1 or 2 days. Interestingly, those aged 18 to 25 in 1994
were somewhat more likely than those aged 18 to 25 in 1997 to have used
cocaine at least once in their lifetime (12% vs. 9%, respectively; OAS,
1998d, Table 136B). However, in this age group, lifetime users in 1994
were less likely than lifetime users in 1997 to have used cocaine on 12
or more days (27% vs. 39%, respectively; OAS, 1996a, Table 4.6).
